GOT GAME: No tricks, just a treat

Central High School baseball players swapped their ball caps for fake dreadlocks, cardboard crowns and rubber masks last month for a Halloween-themed game.A few parents and grandparents showed up to watch the team, which divided up and played against each other.

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Chris Baker, in a Captain Jack Sparrow costume, watches an incoming pitch as Central baseball players faced each other in a Halloween exhibition game.

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Matt Sawyer, dressed as a penguin, sprints past a teammate fielding a hit. Pitching coach Stephen Campbell said the players were told to play their hardest in the Halloween exhibition game — even in costume.